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That it has to do with my parents

With Brussels

The only thing that kept me in place that let me accept Cal's heated touches and then his soft embrace, was that we sat down and talked after Mac and Matt left He reassuredwith him He looked me in the eyes and said, "Macy you have secrets They are yours to do hat you want If you trust the within my power to make sure they can't hurt you But if you want to keep them close, it doesn't mean that I respect you any less"

I was so grateful for the way in which he put me at ease, I stunned the fuck out of ht and whispered, "Thank you" I wished with all e to give it all to hi to do Deep down, I know that giving the burden to another person would help ease the weight of it on me

But it's just not so myself to do

I've ignored my mom's phone calls Didn't even have the stomach to listen to her voice , and I' my mother is and isn't to me, there's a chance that I'll still fall prey to the fact that she is ht owe her just for that

Cal left this s and bacon We had a leisurely breakfast and tried to make the less than aard conversation that always seeave et back to his apartment for a new set of clothes as he had been in his for two days now He told me he'd be back at ten AM to pick me up, and that I was to dress casual

No clue what he has planned, but I've see out on "dates" with hi ready to crus I need to do, and I'll just go ahead and say that trying new things with Cal will take up a good chunk of that list

Lost,

Macy

Chapter 4

I want to see Macy relaxed I want her to tilt that strawberry head back to the sun, put her bare feet up on my dashboard, and let the breeze from the openall her worries away

Right now, she sits in the passenger seat ofon her lower lip I can't even ih her head

"You haven't asked where we're going," I say into the heavy silence

She never looks atadventurous"

"Better than apathetic, I guess" I keep

That gets a slance at her just for a , skin freshly washed, hair pulled back into a ponytail She looks like an angel

"So, where are we going, Cal?" she drawls, and then turns to look back out the

"To my parents' house," I respond neutrally, and then I wait for the fall out

It doesn't take long

"What?" she exclai at the seatbelt as she faces me

"My parents," I confirured we could eat, hang out a bit, and walk around the orchard"

"The orchard?" she rasps, although I can tell she's stillher to otten her thoughts on doing this first, she would have refused to come

"Yeah, anic apple orchard," I tell herone eye on her so she doesn't try to ju car "It's in Warwick only about an hour and a half drive"

"They sell apples?" she asks, almost in a daze

"Organic apples," I clarify "Mostly to local eneral store on the property that sells stuff from other farmers like jams, wines, bakery stuff They also ood You'll love it"

She's silent a lance shows her eyebrows are furroorry and she's noing heartily on her lower lip In a deliberately soft voice, she asks, "You're taking anic apple orchard?"

"Well, they have a house there too," I tease, and then to make sure she's okay with this, I reach over and take her hand to give it a squeeze "Relax It will be fun, and you need a little bit of fun"